Brush holder



Sept. 7 1926.

F. BENKOSKY r-:r AL

BRUSH HOLDER I Filed 001;. 27, 1924 I Frerr-[K EIETIKDEK "09 1i 0 William Van. Wurm lar t ed to the proper position upon the pins 12.

The inner end portions of the jaws 10 are then to be forced towards the jaw so that the brushes will be. firmlygripped. In order to do so there has been provided the operating member E which is in the form of a lever 24 formed from a strip of metal naving one end portion bent about a block 25,

which is pivotally mounted upon the bridge portion '26 of the yoke 18. This block s formed of wood and so shaped that when the end portion of the lever forming strip is bent around it a curved cam forming surfaces 27 is provided. It shouldbe further noted that, the bridge portion 26 of the yoke is-ecoentr1 cally disposed with respect to the block and therefore when the lever is moved towards the handle to the position shown the cam surfaces which engage the inner ends of the J jaws will move these jaws towards the jaw 5 and the brushes will be firmly gripped.

Since the jaws 10 are separate from each other and can be independently adjusted at their outer ends, brushes which have handles of different thicknesses may be made use of' and securely held in place when the lever is in the securing position. This leveris to fit flat against the handle or staff 1 and therefore the handle forming strip is bent after being wrapped about the block so as to provide an inclined portion 28 leading from the block encircling eye 29 and a handle portion 30 which'is curved transversely so that it can properly fit against the socket 2 and staff 1. This handle portion is to be retained against the staff so as to hold the jaws 10 in tight gripping engagement with the brushes and therefore there has been provided a securing ring 31 which isslid'able upon the handle for movement onto and off of the lever and limited in its movement upon the staff by the eye 32 which extends longitudinally of the staff and has its arms driven into the staff.

There has therefore been provided a brush holder by means of which brushes of' the paint or white washing type may be securely held' and used for cleaning and for painting roofs and other surfaces which do not require a very good brush to be used.

While the construction specifically shown and described is the preferred form, modifications may be made and therefore the right is reserved to make changes in construction suchas come within the scope of the appended claims.

We claim LA brush holder comprising a staff, a

head carried by said staff and including a stationary jaw member for engaging a pile site sides ofsaid staff, movable jaw members cooperating with thebrush engaging end portions of the stationary jaw member for gripping separate brushes, means yieldably holding the movable jaw members spaced from the stationary aw member, means for independently adjusting the outer ends of the movable members, and common means foradjusting the inner ends of'the movable jaws and causing movement of the movable aws into gripping engagement with separate brushes laced between the stationary and movabeja'w's. 'f

3. A brus h holder comprising a staff, a head carried by said staff and including a bracket having a staff engaging portion and a foot, a stationary jaw forming strip secured intermediate its-length to the foot portion of saidbrack-et and having its end portions erg tendin upon opposite sides of thebr'acket, movabf lation to each other and positioned spaced relation to the stationary jaw, threade stems carried by the end portions of the sta e jaw formlng stripsin'end to end re tionary jaw and slidably passingthrough openings in the outer ends of the movable jaws, adjusting nuts upon said stems fer en gaging the movable jaws, a U-shaped yoke having its arms slidably passingthrough I openings in the inner ends of the movable jaws and intermediate portion of the stationary jaw upon opposite sides of said bracket, fasteners carried. by the arms of said yoke and engaging the stationary jaw,

springs upon said stems and the arms of saidyoke and engaging the movable and stationary jaws for yieldablyholding the jaws in spaced relation, and a cam lever piv oted upon the bridge portion of said yoke for engaging the inner end portions of the movable jaws for forcing the towards the stationary jaw.

4. A brush holder comprising a staff, a bracket member carried by said staff and having a foot portion provided with a flange at its lower end, a stationary jaw forming strip secured intermediate its length to said strip and engaged with said flange to prevent pivotal movement of thejaw, movable jaw forming strips having flanges along their upper and lower edges for engagement movable jaws with brushes placed between the movable and stationary jaws, means slidably mounting the movable jaws andyieldably holding trio movement and having a cam forming face, and a lever having one end portion bent to provide an eye disposed about the block and its other end portion bent for flat engagement with said staff, and meanscar ried by said staff for engaging said lever and releasably holding: the lever in a set position with the movable jaws in a grlpplng position.

FRANK BENKOSKY.

WILLIAM VAN WORMER; 

